Author: Lawrence Davis

Based in Accra, Ghana, Godfred ‘Goddy’ Mensah is a teacher-educator and entrepreneur. His research was the source of important data and information from an African perspective. He is a coordinator for New Generation, a US-based NGO that focuses on programs and activities geared towards bridging the digital divide in underprivileged and disadvantaged communities. Kofi Quaye is an internationally recognized author, journalist-editor, publisher, and producer. He has written extensively on immigration related issues for various publications. His published books include Jojo in New York (Mac Millan Publishing) and Superstar. He produced A Day of Absence, a documentary on the immigrant experience, which won the Telly Award in 2007. Publications he has edited include CNY Vision newspaper and Heritage Newsmagazine. Lawrence Davis, an immigrant himself, is a community activist who has an unending desire to uplift people the world over. He has lent a hand to countless movements for change in America since the early eighties. This book is his first foray into writing to help others see some of the struggles ahead and a possible new path for others.